Cirsium vulgare

Spear Thistle at Watson, ACT

Request use of media

Identification history

Cirsium vulgare 9 Jun 2026 waltraud
Cirsium vulgare 9 Jun 2026 waltraud

Identify this sighting


Please Login or Register to identify this sighting.

User's notes

In an area denuded of native grasses that were directed seeded following years of weed treatment; see Progress at the Fair report here: https://majura.org/progress-the-fair/ and link to how the area looked before overgrazing here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/181729955@N04/ albums/72177720314164577/

Be the first to comment


Please Login or Register to comment.

Location information

Sighting information

Species information

  • Cirsium vulgare Scientific name
  • Spear Thistle Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Exotic
  • Medium weed or pest
  • Up to 1576.4m Recorded at altitude
  • In flower

Record quality

  • Images or audio
  • More than one media file
  • Verified by an expert moderator
  • Nearby sighting(s) of same species
  • GPS evidence of location
  • Description
  • Additional attributes
840,552 sightings of 23,750 species from 15,832 members
NatureMapr is developed by at3am | Made and hosted in Australia | privacy | CCA 3.0